Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) Affecting @apostrophecms/import-export package, versions <3.5.3
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- published23 Mar 2026
- disclosed19 Mar 2026
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Introduced: 19 Mar 2026
NewCVE-2026-32731 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade @apostrophecms/import-export to version 3.5.3 or higher.
Overview
@apostrophecms/import-export is an Import Export Documents for ApostropheCMS
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) via the extract() function in gzip.js. A user with Global Content Modify permission can write arbitrary files to locations outside the intended extraction directory by uploading a crafted .tar.gz archive containing directory traversal sequences in file names.
Details
It is exploited using a specially crafted zip archive, that holds path traversal filenames. When exploited, a filename in a malicious archive is concatenated to the target extraction directory, which results in the final path ending up outside of the target folder. For instance, a zip may hold a file with a "../../file.exe" location and thus break out of the target folder. If an executable or a configuration file is overwritten with a file containing malicious code, the problem can turn into an arbitrary code execution issue quite easily.
The following is an example of a zip archive with one benign file and one malicious file. Extracting the malicous file will result in traversing out of the target folder, ending up in /root/.ssh/ overwriting the authorized_keys file:
+2018-04-15 22:04:29 ..... 19 19 good.txt
+2018-04-15 22:04:42 ..... 20 20 ../../../../../../root/.ssh/authorized_keys